I followed the lead of some other Summer of Stash-ers and catalogued my stash this evening. eek. Scary. If you took all my yarn and tied it end-to-end, it’d be 8km long.
And surprisingly, it’s all kept in these containers: 
Okay, there is a fourth in that set, under my bed. But that’s 2km per tub! And those are pretty small tubs.
I took photos of everything I have project ideas for, and they’re all here.
2km of that stash is entirely Waterspun. Some people have their Koigu, the STR, their Cottonease, I have Waterspun. I bought 12 in chocolate brown for a knitted skirt pattern 2 years ago, which I never made (smart move, past me), I have 2 and a bit leftover from my Rogue (in a camel/tan shade) and then my SP7 sent me 3 in a lovely denim blue.
Now, I did have an idea of what to do with this yarn. I wanted to make a Sunrise Circle jacket out of it. But just now, as I was sorting, I actually looked at the tag, and the gauge is wrong. Now, I could adjust, but with such an oddly-constructed pattern I don’t know if it would work. I mean, I tried to do that for Rogue and ended up with a too-small Waterspun sweater. I don’t need two.
But my bright idea was to make the body in the chocolate colour, then use either the denim or the tan as the hem facings, just to add a little something. I think it’d look cool, but I’d need a different yarn, and I’m not buying yarn until the stash is down to three or less of those containers. CLARIFICATION: and by that I mean I want my stash to always fit in 3 or less of those tubs. So once I’m down to three, I’ll need to get rid of another sweater’s worth before I buy more.
I have been working on my lace project, here’s a progress shot:
Does the sock in the big picture look like it’s yawning? I think it is, and that’s just how I feel about it. But I want to finish the pair, I really do. It’s just slow going.
Oh, and remember in my last post I said I have somewhere to live when I’m done here? I don’t anymore. Still searching.
